Tag: DeHaviland

Photo of the Day 26th November 2023

Posted on November 26, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a 3 engined white jet airliner with an orange, red, and blue stripe runnning along the body, moving at high speed along a black runway. In the background, a low grey building with a white roof dominates the middle of the frame, with trees beyond disappearing in to haze in the distance, under a grey sky. — N7642U, Boeing 727-222, United Airlines, braking hard on Runway 23Left at London Heathrow, some time in the 1990s.

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Photo of the Day 20th November 2023

Posted on November 20, 2023November 19, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engiend jet airliner taxiing from left to right over a light layer of snow. The plane is mostly white, with a darlk, light, and pale blue stripe running along the fuselage and up into the tail, where it becomes the pole for a waving blue, red, and white flag. There are "Air UK leisure" titles on the upper forward fuselage, the first part in dark blue, the latter in red and appearing to be handwritten. The registration "G-UKLF" is on the upper rear fuselage in black. A light dusting of snow covers the ground - taxiways and the runway have been cleared and are reflecting bright, golden, early morning sunlight. In the distance, black hangars can be seen, their roofs also covered in snow, with trees behind, slowly vanishing in to haze, under a hazy yellow-tinged sky. — G-UKLF, Boeing 737-42C, Air UK Leisure, creeping gingerly through a light dusting of snow at Manchester Airport, some time between late 1991 and March 1997.

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Photo of the Day 14th July 2023

Posted on July 14, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a high-winged, T-tailed, twin propellor-engined airliner travelling from right to left on a runway. The plane is mostly purple, with white billboard-style "flybe" titles above a series of 6 white dots on the forward fuselage. a thick yellow and red band seperates the main fuselage from the white rear fuselage and tail. The "flybe" titles are repeated on the tail, this time in dark and light blue, above a series of 6 coloured dots. There are small "operated by Stobart Air" titles in white towards the rear of the purple part of the body. In the background, there is a large green metal structure in front of a large grey hangar on the right, with trees on the left, Above, the sky is a dismal grey. — EI-REM, ATR72-500, Flybe, operated by Stobart Air, starting it’s take off roll on Runway 23L at Manchester Airport, 15th March 2017.

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Photo of the Day 19th June 2023

Posted on June 19, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin propellor engined airliner parked inside an airport terminal building, facing to the right. The plane is mostly cream coloured, with a thick red stripe running along the body, as well on the top of the engines, and the wingtips. There is a mannequin sitting in the planes cockpit, and a cardboard black and white cut-out figurepropped up by the tail. In the foreground, some white seats have been taped together, with some rolls of green material in metal cages are behind them, under the planes nose. Above, part of the roofs structure can be seen, with concrete beams surrounded by metal supports. — D-IGUN, De Haviland DH.89A Dragon Rapide, part of the Air Classik collection, inside Terminal 1 at Frankfurt Airport, next to the entrance to the Zuschauerterrasse (Spectator Terraces), 16th October 1993.
Apparently, this had been removed from the roof after being sold to a private owner looking to use as spares to rebuild another Rapide.

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Photo of the Day 26th May 2023

Posted on May 26, 2023May 25, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner moving from left to right, with flaps extended under the wings, spoilers raised on top of the wings, and thrust reversersdeployed on the engines as it decelerates hard after landing on a wet runway. The plane is mostly white, with a deep blue belly and engines, and deep blue "British Airways" titles on the forward fuselage, next to a stylised ribbon, red on one side and blue on the other. The tail has 2 thick wavy red lines, with a wavy blue triangle between them. In the foreground, alternating strips of grass and tarmac can be seen, while the background has a partially hidden light blue plane on the right, with trees filling the width of the frame, and dismal rainclouds completing the picture. — G-EUXD, Airbus A321-231, British Airways, drying the rather damp runway as it lands on Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 4th February 2016.

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PHoto of the Day 22nd May 2023

Posted on May 22, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner flying from left to right with it's undercarriage lowered and flaps deployed from behind the wing, and it's nose raised fairly steeply. The plane has a sky blue belly, the rest being white. There are large "Flybe" titles in light and dark blue on the forward fuselage above some multi-coloured dots, and larger similar titles on the tail and rear fuselage. Behind, the sky is fiding from a clear blue at the top to a hazy white at the bottom. — G-FBJJ, Embraer ERJ170-200, Flybe, climbing out of Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 4th June 2015.

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Photo of the Day 19th May 2023

Posted on May 19, 2023May 19, 2023 by mancavgeek

Head-on view of a 4 engined jet airliner, with the engines buried in the wing roots. The plane has a grey belly and a white upper section, with a dark blue line covering the cockpit windows seperating the two. The engine intakes have red covers on them. Behind, there is a a large green hangar. — G-APAS, De Haviland DH106 Comet 1XB, in BOAC colours*, on display at the RAF Museum, Cosford , 5th February 1996.
*This never actually flew with BOAC, instead it spent it’s career with Air France, then the RAF.

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Photo of the Day 17th May 2023

Posted on May 17, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined jet airliner travelling from right to left with thrust reversers open on the engine and flaps deployed from below the wings. the plane has a grey lower half, with the upper being white, with a thick blue stripe starting below the nose and running along the fuselage, covering the cabin windows.there are blue "Lufthansa " titles on the upper fuselage, while the white tail has a blue band with a yellow oval, itself containing a stylised image of a flying bird. In the background is a large grey terminal building, while the sky above it allis a hazy blue. — D-AIRX, Airbus A321-131, Lufthansa, wearing a retro colour scheme, throwing out the anchors as it lands on Runway 23R at Manchester Airport, 24th November 12014.

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Photo of the Day 15th May 2023

Posted on May 15, 2023 by mancavgeek

G-GAGA, Gulfstream American AA-5B Tiger, Cabair, parked at Manchester Barton, 17th August 1992.

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Photo of the Day 2nd May 2023

Posted on May 2, 2023 by mancavgeek

Side view of a twin engined bizjet flying at low altitude with it's flaps extended from the rear of the wings, and the nose raised fairly significantly. The plane is mostly white, with a gold, brown, and black stripe starting under the nose, running along the body, then sweeping up into the lower part of the tail. The registration "G-OXLS" is displayed prominently in gold on the tail, and in black under the wing. — G-OXLS, Cessna 560XL Citation XLS, taking off from Runway 05L at Manchester Airport, 2nd May 2023.

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